it was the largest most complete t-rex
that had ever been found it’s a very
complete specimen of t-rex it’s probably
about 85% complete the animal is
something like 40 feet long and about 17
feet tall and it’s all put together and
it represents an animal that went alive
would have weighed something like 5 or 6
tons 65 million years as far as how long
ago it lived 18 years as hold it was
when it died they’re packing up the
Wankel t-rex getting it ready to ship
off to the Smithsonian what we’re doing
today and the rest of this week is we’re
taking an inventory of each fragment in
each element that are in these 16 crates
before they go on the truck to be
transported to Washington DC what you’re
doing is you’re examining every bone and
you’re taking a look at it you and you
describe each bone or bone fragment the
team determines whether you know what
type of condition it’s in it could be
unfair good excellent it’ll vary
depending on how was preserved in the
first place then there are a bunch of
small fragments that are in boxes within
these crates and they’re wrapped in
different foams and packing material
that have to be unwrapped in order for
us to to inventory and get a condition
on and photograph we’re photographing
every every piece as well it was found
by kathy Wankel in 1988 and she came
across some fragments not knowing what
they were brought them to the Museum of
the Rockies a couple of months later
Jack Horner was there that day I had
never seen bones like them before but I
recognized them right away as being the
arm bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and
they were the first arm bones of any
Tyrannosaurus Rex the Corps of Engineers
the stewards of this fossil for the
American people so it actually belongs
to them and that’s why it’s going to the
nation’s museum the dinosaurs coming to
Washington to live at the National
Museum of Natural History for the next
years when the term of the loan is up
it’ll be coming back to Montana we’re
ready to go we are the lucky ones we are
the only ones that have ever done this
my husband is the coolest uncle and
grandfather in the world because he gets
to haul the t-rex across the country sad
no not at all I’m happy to see it go we
have a number of T Rexes here this is
Montana’s where they come from I think
it’s great that that we can share one of
our specimens with the Smithsonian and
that it will be the most viewed t-rex in
the world
you
that had ever been found it’s a very
complete specimen of t-rex it’s probably
about 85% complete the animal is
something like 40 feet long and about 17
feet tall and it’s all put together and
it represents an animal that went alive
would have weighed something like 5 or 6
tons 65 million years as far as how long
ago it lived 18 years as hold it was
when it died they’re packing up the
Wankel t-rex getting it ready to ship
off to the Smithsonian what we’re doing
today and the rest of this week is we’re
taking an inventory of each fragment in
each element that are in these 16 crates
before they go on the truck to be
transported to Washington DC what you’re
doing is you’re examining every bone and
you’re taking a look at it you and you
describe each bone or bone fragment the
team determines whether you know what
type of condition it’s in it could be
unfair good excellent it’ll vary
depending on how was preserved in the
first place then there are a bunch of
small fragments that are in boxes within
these crates and they’re wrapped in
different foams and packing material
that have to be unwrapped in order for
us to to inventory and get a condition
on and photograph we’re photographing
every every piece as well it was found
by kathy Wankel in 1988 and she came
across some fragments not knowing what
they were brought them to the Museum of
the Rockies a couple of months later
Jack Horner was there that day I had
never seen bones like them before but I
recognized them right away as being the
arm bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and
they were the first arm bones of any
Tyrannosaurus Rex the Corps of Engineers
the stewards of this fossil for the
American people so it actually belongs
to them and that’s why it’s going to the
nation’s museum the dinosaurs coming to
Washington to live at the National
Museum of Natural History for the next
years when the term of the loan is up
it’ll be coming back to Montana we’re
ready to go we are the lucky ones we are
the only ones that have ever done this
my husband is the coolest uncle and
grandfather in the world because he gets
to haul the t-rex across the country sad
no not at all I’m happy to see it go we
have a number of T Rexes here this is
Montana’s where they come from I think
it’s great that that we can share one of
our specimens with the Smithsonian and
that it will be the most viewed t-rex in
the world
you
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